The debriefs will likely have been uncomfortable, with Lewis Hamilton showing clear frustration after a race he thought was in the bag. Hamilton had led comfortably in Melbourne until he pitted to cover off Kimi Raikkonen’s stop. Hamilton was never under threat from Raikkonen in second, but they chose not to push that pace in Melbourne. For their rivals it raises the question of just how much further down the track Mercedes could have been if they had really let Hamilton go. The team explained this week how the power deployment works at different phases of the weekend and the race.

Source: The Guardian April 05, 2018 15:00 UTC